This week in class, we have begun reading the novel Lord of the Flies, by William Golding. So far, we have read to Chapter one. After each reading, we summarize what has happened by characterizing the individuals we saw. On September 15, we described the characters: Simon, Ralph, Piggy, and Jack.
Ralph is the first character introduced in the story. The author tells the readers that Ralph is stranded on a deserted island, when he meets a school boy named Piggy. As shown in Lord of the Flies, Ralph is fair-haired, happy, gregarious, fit, not devilish, lean, smart, athletic, rude, bright and excited, golden, and mild. Ralph is very leader-like, as well. He shows his directing ability when a group of boys show upon Ralph and Piggy. The boys voted for Ralph to be the top leader of the group. However, being a leader doesn't always mean Ralph's a caring leader. When the chubby school boy divulges his secret of being called Piggy, Ralph embraces the idea and approves of it. Ralph began to aggravate Piggy by laughing at him. Then, Ralph shares Piggy's secret to the other children, which led more humiliation towards Piggy. It was obvious that Ralph wasn’t bantering with Piggy, since this hurt Piggy’s feelings.
Jack from Lord of the Flies
Piggy is the second character introduced in Lord of the Flies. Piggy is a chubby school boy who finds himself on a deserted island. Afterwards, he meets a boy named Ralph. Piggy obviously came from a higher-class school, because he has a school uniform. Once Ralph and Piggy have a conversation we discover that a plane with a group of school children crashed on an island. Piggy appears to be extremely freaked out, believing he would never see his home and parents again. Piggy feels tormented, because Ralph and the group of school boys make fun of his appearance and name. Piggy felt worthless and abandoned when Ralph chooses Jack to be the leader of the hunters, rather than Piggy. Piggy was treated as an anathema for no apparent reason. All of the children castigated him by not allowing him to be leader, just because he was too fat and “incapable” of doing anything. Piggy suffered from ignominy, because everyone thought of him as a no-good chubby kid.
Piggy from Lord of the Flies
Jack was given the leader of the hunters by leader Ralph. Jack wanted to be the top leader at first, but he got received outnumbered votes. Jack, Simon, and Ralph decide to go hunting and leave Piggy behind. The boys run into a wild pig caught in a tangle of vines. Jack steps in to cute the vines, and plans on slaying the wild pig. Jack hesitates, so the pig was freed. This event in chapter one shows how Jack is a bit of a wimp, considering he refused to kill the pig when the chance was given. Jack is a little docile, because he didn’t follow through with what he was supposed to. It shows how Jack desires to be a leader, but he may not actually have the complete capability to take control. Jack's willingness to be a leader may increase his ability to be an accurate one, as we progress through the novel.
Photo of Ralph, Piggy, and Jack
Simon is one of the hunters that we see near the end of chapter one. Simon is physically described as being small, his chin-pointed, skinny, and has bright eyes. Simon isn’t described much in chapter one, at least not as much as Piggy, Ralph, and Jack. He seems to be more of an extraneous character in chapter one.
Here is a funny video of kids reenacting chapter 1 of LOTF
When we first received the book, the cover appeared to be interesting and very questionable to me. I’d never read this book before, so I had no idea what this story would be about. Just looking at this book cover gives me miscellaneous thoughts. For example, why would there be a school boy beside a fly twice his size? Why are the boy and the fly in a forest and/or jungle? Why are there broken glasses below the boy and the fly?
LOTF book cover
The plane crash that occurred on September 6, 2011 near Trinidad can be relatable to Lord of the Flies: chapter one. Here is some further information found on http://planecrashinfo.com/:
Date: September 6, 2011
Time: 18:50
Location: Near Trinidad , Bolivia
Operator: Aerocon
Filght: A4-238
AC Type: Swearingen SA-227BC Metroliner III
Reg: CP-2548
cn: BC-768B
Aboard: 9
Fatalities: 8
Ground: 0
Route: Santa Cruz - Trinidad , Bolivia
“The plane crashed into the jungle while on approach to Runway 14 at Trinidad Airport
In Lord of the Flies, a group of school children crashed into the ocean and found their way to a stranded island/ jungle. Some survived, and few didn’t survive. Two boys, Ralph and Piggy, run into some of the children. Ralph and Piggy found that finding new people would be a benefit, since they can gather a hunting
group and etc.
In this case, nine adults were aboard of a plane and crashed into the jungle. Fortunately the plane was found 2 days later. Only one individual survived. The plane being found was most definitely beneficial since there was still a man out there left to be rescued.
On http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/national_world&id=8305425 , we discover a 12-year old boy was lost in a Utah
This current event is comparable to Lord of the Flies, because both have to do with 12- year old boy(s) that are lost in the jungle/ forest. They both have the ability to find resources that help them survive in the jungle. It seems as if they could all go a long time without any parental guidance. Plus, the boys in the story barely have any clothes and food, just like Jared Ropelato (the boy that was lost). Even though the boys in LOTF have not been saved by any adults, some school children found them. This allows the children in LOTF to feel safer, because they have more individuals to help them survive.
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